Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Essex County and Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat RoseLee Vincent of Revere has represented the district since 2015.^[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election^[3] include Joseph Gravellese^[4] and Jessica Giannino.^[5][6]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

The district includes the following localities:^[7]

• part of Chelsea
• part of Revere
• part of Saugus

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district, Middlesex and Suffolk district, and 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district.^[8]

Representatives

• Jeremiah Desmond, circa 1888 ^[9]
• James Donovan, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Addison P. Beardsley, circa 1920 ^[10]
• Coleman Silbert, circa 1920 ^[10]
• William Francis Keenan, circa 1951 ^[11]
• Bernard M. Lally, circa 1951 ^[11]
• Robert L. Fortes, 1975–1979 ^[12]
• William Reinstein
• Kathi-Anne Reinstein
• Roselee Vincent, 2015-
• Jessica Giannino, 2021-current^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  Herbert Frost
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  William O'Brien
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  John Ballantyne
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  Simon Swig
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  Carroll Meins
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  Elijah Adlow
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  Bernard Casey
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  Joseph Murphy
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  Edward Mulligan
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  Philip McMorrow
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  Anthony Farin
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  William Francis Keenan
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  Arnold Epstein
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  Norman Weinberg
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  Robert Fortes
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  Angelo Scaccia
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  William Reinstein
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  Kathi-Anne Reinstein

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
4. "National Association of Social Workers Endorses Gravellese", Chelsearecord.com, August 12, 2020
5. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
6. "State Rep. Vincent Endorses Giannino for State Rep. Seat", Reverejournal.com, August 19, 2020
7. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
8. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
9. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

Further reading

• Chris Lisinski (August 31, 2020), "Voters Likely Picking 7 New Mass. House Members In State Primary", Wbur.org

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "16th Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).